'People of the Land' in the Bible

So Abraham rose and bowed to the people of the land, the sons of Heth.

And Abraham bowed before the people of the land.

He spoke to Ephron in the hearing of the people of the land, saying, “If you will only please listen to me; I will give the price of the field, accept it from me that I may bury my dead there.”

Now Joseph was the ruler over the land; he was the one who sold to all the people of the land. And Joseph’s brothers came and bowed down to him with their faces to the ground.